extersion

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UK/ɛksˈtɜːʒən/US/ɛksˈtəɹʒən/

noun

The act of wiping or rubbing out.

OriginLatin extergere →
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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteThe act of wiping or rubbing out.

    Topical Remedies may be ſuch as were recommended before, and the Uſe of them, after a careful and thorough Exterſion or Mundification of the Ulcer, is to be continued till its Progreſs be entirely checked, and the Place perfectly healed.

    1743, Robert James, “ULCUS”, in A Medicinal Dictionary, London: T. Osborne
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    Theſe muſt not paſs the ſecond degree of drineſs ; otherwiſe they would conſume the fleſh it ſelf. Exterſion then is the removing of filth cleaving to the ulcer, by drying of it, and abating the a viſcofity by the which it cleaveth to the part.

    1659, Alexander Reid, “A Treatiſe of Vlcers”, in The Workes of the Famous Physitian Dr. Alexander Read, London, page 100

Origin

  1. Latinextergere
  2. Englishextersion

From Latin extergere, extersum (“to wipe out”), from ex (“out”) + tergere (“to wipe or rub off”).

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APA

extersion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extersion

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“extersion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extersion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extersion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extersion.

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